US EditionWorld Pangolin Day Spotlights Plight of the Most Trafficked Mammal
More than 500,000 pangolins have been seized since 2016 amid high demand for their scales in traditional medicine and meat, driving severe poaching across Africa and Asia.
- Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals globally due to high demand for their unique keratin scales used in traditional medicine.
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Independent EspañolBy GERALD IMRAY CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hunted for their unique scales, high demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Conservationists are again drawing attention to the plight of pangolins, the shy, scaly anteaters found in parts of Africa and Asia, on World Pangolin Day Saturday.
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These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the world
Conservationists are raising the plight of the pangolin, a scaly anteater found in parts of Africa and Asia that is the most trafficked mammal in the world.
It is an Asian animal to which it is attributed healing properties. It is estimated that in the last decade more than a million specimens were extracted from its natural habitat
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